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Does deja vu make you feel nauseous?

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DewDropsAndCobWebs · 06/07/2026 15:49

I don't get de ja vu very often , but when it happens, I feel waves of nausea.
I don't throw up, but I fell like I could, if that makes sense?
.is that just me?

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Beachforever · 06/07/2026 15:51

DewDropsAndCobWebs · 06/07/2026 15:49

I don't get de ja vu very often , but when it happens, I feel waves of nausea.
I don't throw up, but I fell like I could, if that makes sense?
.is that just me?

Yes, it’s like a wave comes over me very briefly and I feel dizzy, clammy, and nauseous.

I had it investigated in my 20’s and was told it was a mild form of epilepsy.

PsychedelicBluebell · 06/07/2026 15:54

Yes - it can be a symptom of epilepsy or migraine.

DewDropsAndCobWebs · 06/07/2026 15:57

Oh

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DewDropsAndCobWebs · 06/07/2026 15:57

I never thought it could be more than something in my mind

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PsychedelicBluebell · 06/07/2026 16:20

In temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common aura is feelings of déjà-vu and nausea. Feelings of panic, anxiety, a rising sensation coming from the stomach to the chest or throat, or butterflies with nausea are other common auras (although they can also be symptoms of severe stress).

Frodocheerio · 07/07/2026 23:53

I’m so interested to read this thread. This used to happen to me a lot when I was a teenager. I had no frame of reference or way to really describe it, so just put up with it although it was horrible. It was like out of nowhere I had some strange kind of ‘flashback’ thought and then would have a rising feeling of panic, palpitations, hot flush, nausea that I would just have to ride out.

With hindsight I wondered if it was panic attacks. I assume I outgrew them in the end as they didn’t continue into later life.

SaraHoliday · 08/07/2026 00:40

Odd. I get déjà-vu quite often but I don't get panic attacks symptoms. It's a good sensation that I feel.

grafittiartist · 08/07/2026 05:33

I get these- and it’s diagnosed as epilepsy.
Afterwards I feel a bit upset and quite tired from
them.
It feels like when you’ve woken up from a horrible dream and can’t shake it off.
Horrid things.

HobgoblinNorFoulFiend · 08/07/2026 05:40

Yes I get this. Usually when I’m in the shower and I have the water too hot. Interesting that it could be epilepsy. I do suffer from migraine and I had a longer version of the same experience once when I had flu and had fainted.

Jewelanemone · 08/07/2026 05:46

I used to have exactly this feeling when I was younger, late teens to early thirties, but haven't had it for years now. Is it something you grow out of, does anyone know?

Beachforever · 08/07/2026 08:44

HobgoblinNorFoulFiend · 08/07/2026 05:40

Yes I get this. Usually when I’m in the shower and I have the water too hot. Interesting that it could be epilepsy. I do suffer from migraine and I had a longer version of the same experience once when I had flu and had fainted.

There is such a thing as “hot water epilepsy”, it sounds as though you may have that.

Beachforever · 08/07/2026 08:46

Jewelanemone · 08/07/2026 05:46

I used to have exactly this feeling when I was younger, late teens to early thirties, but haven't had it for years now. Is it something you grow out of, does anyone know?

Yes, it is very common to grow out of epilepsy. I think I read that around 50% of people grow out of it.

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 08/07/2026 08:46

I have ordinary common or garden deja vu and it never makes me nauseous. I sometimes feel a bit 'dislocated' but that's because it feels odd at the time.

DewDropsAndCobWebs · 08/07/2026 09:18

I'm glad I'm not the only one, but at the same time, it feels a little odd that there could be something like that happening and never recognized it could be something. I just thought I was a bit weird.
Maybe I still am, haha!

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Nataliejade89 · 09/07/2026 09:35

Beachforever · 06/07/2026 15:51

Yes, it’s like a wave comes over me very briefly and I feel dizzy, clammy, and nauseous.

I had it investigated in my 20’s and was told it was a mild form of epilepsy.

Did you get prescribed anything/told what to do/not to do? And how are you now? I’m 36 but had this feeling on and off since age 13. It got investigated age 24 but everything was clear so I’m unsure what it is!

Beachforever · 09/07/2026 09:40

Nataliejade89 · 09/07/2026 09:35

Did you get prescribed anything/told what to do/not to do? And how are you now? I’m 36 but had this feeling on and off since age 13. It got investigated age 24 but everything was clear so I’m unsure what it is!

I had an EEG that confirmed unusual electrical activity so I was diagnosed but not prescribed meds. I can’t remember whether I turned them down or wasn’t offered them as it’s over 20 years ago now.

It happens very very rarely now. I think the last time was about 15 years ago. It would happen when I was extremely stressed or tired.

SleepingStandingUp · 09/07/2026 09:53

Oh gosh I was about to come and make some comment about the matrix and how you're not tolerating the glitch! I get deja vu periodically but just the normal weird mental jig of living through something twice.

Definitely something to keep an eye on op.

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